To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

Born on April 13, 1906, Samuel Beckett remains one of Ireland ... Last Tape" (1958), and "Happy Days" (1961). He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969, with the selection committee naming ...

Raising funds and awareness for cancer research with Love Your Sister remains his life’s purpose — as the charity hits a $20m milestone — but Samuel Johnson is also embracing his childhood ...

In 2014, Samuel unicycled around Australia raising $1.4million for breast cancer research. Samuel's older sister Connie passed away in 2017, after battling the disease and the Love Your Sister ...

Challenge accepted, Johnson raised $1.4m by riding a unicycle around Australia, beginning in 2013 and ending in February 2014. “I thought after the unicycle I was done and dusted and I would get ...

"After being shortlisted for the CBC Nonfiction Prize last year, I felt emboldened to submit a short story. Despite having published a novel, I still consider myself a nonfiction writer ...

“The first thing I did with my prize money was buy my mother a house ... announced the winners for nonfiction; James Ijames (2017) presented the winner for drama; and Alice McDermott ...

Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson put their differences aside for the sake of their kids. The estranged couple were photographed reuniting for some family time with their three children and Johnson ...

Capital One's March Madness commercials, starring Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, have captivated audiences. Johnson expressed gratitude for ...